The Environment and Land Court in Nairobi barred the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) from managing or interfering with the ...

In a landmark ruling in May 2017, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights affirmed the Indigenous Ogiek’s status as ...

The State Department said it plans concession deals with the private sector to develop and manage public forests.

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) is looking to reinforce its workforce with the announcement of over 200 vacancies in different departments. In a newspaper advert, KFS says it has 193 vacancies for ...

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has signed 68 forest management plans with several communities within the forest eco-system to boost their socio-economic livelihoods. The State agency’s acting director ...

Encompassing some 2,700 square kilometers, Mau Forest is considered the most important water catchment in western Kenya, ...

The government is seeking private investment in Kenya's public forests under new rules aimed at boosting revenue and promoting biodiversity.

On Nov. 2, a joint force of the police, the Kenya Forest Service and the Kenya Wildlife Service moved to evict 700 Ogiek households from the edges of the Maasai Mau Forest. But the African Court on ...

In a statement on Tuesday, September 30, the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) warned drivers transporting goods like timber, logs, poles and charcoal that there had been an increase in the vice, while ...

Kenya faces multifaceted security challenges across various regions, stemming from cross-border threats, terrorism, and internal instabilities. In all areas of unrest and insecurity where our security ...

LAIKIPIA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep within the Mukogodo forest in central Kenya, a community of traditional hunter gatherers are working with the government to help expand forests and ...